Lady s garment



A. MALSIN.

LADY'S GARMENT.

| NOV-2,1914

Patented May 6, 1919.-

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A. MALSIN-Y DY'S GARMENT- WITNESSES.-

- A TTOR NE Y- UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE. I

ALBERT MALSIN, or NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR o LANE BRYANT, INC, 01? NEW YORK,

N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. I

LADY S GARMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT MALSIN, citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ladies Garments, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to ladies garments and particularly to petticoats or the like, and has for its object to provide a construction whereby the garment can be made to fit any size of waist or hip measure as well as during pregnancy.

Another object of my invention is to so construct the garment that the wearer can step into it, like into pantaloons, thereby avoiding the need of slipping it over ones head, Which is especially objectionable during the period of pregnancy.

Hitherto to render the garment adjustable for various waist sizes it has been provided with ribbon or tape drawn through the waist line on which the material of the garment can be rolled up or stretched according to the size required. But such method is disadvantageous because the fullness formed by the rolling up of the garment renders the latter clumsy.

Another method of accomplishing the same object is by providing the garment with elastic parts. This method is just as disadvantageous as the former, if not more, because of the uncomfortable pressure of the elastic on the body of the wearer.

Outside of the disadvantages mentioned the former methods also have the drawback that they necessitate the slipping on of the garment over ones head.

All these objections are overcome by my present invention which in order to make it more clear is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which similar reference char acters denote corresponding parts and in which Figure 1 illustrates perspectively the garment constructed in accordance with my invention partly tied to the body of the wearer; Fig. 2 shows in a similar manner the garment in use; Fig. 3 is a cross section of the garment on line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4; is an elevation of the garment and Fig. 5 illustrates how the wearer steps into the garment.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1919.

Application filed November 2, 1914. Serial No. 869,937.

Referring specifically to the drawing, it will be seen that my new garment a is composed of two parts, the front a, and the back M, which are united only at or near the bottom of the garment, as at (L The longitudinal edges a a of each half are more or less curved outwardly or convex, and the width of each part is made larger than one half of the total largest width of the body of the wearer. At the lower ends the two parts are overlapped as at a. and stitched to one another. Owing to this construction the longitudinal edges of the two parts when the garment is applied will always overlap one another irrespective of the size of the wearer, leaving no open slit. The ob ect of making the edges 00*, a curved is to permit the edges of the parts a, a to overlap more or less uniformly throughout the entire length when the garment is applied to an abnormal body, as for instance during pregnancy. Were the edges straight, the parts would overlap less at the hips than at other parts of the body.-

In addition to the above described construction the edges 0; of each part a, a at the waist line are not cut straight but in a concave curve, as seen from Fig. 4, so that irrespective of whether the figure is small or large the said edges a will always perfectly engage around the waist line.

Fastened at the waist line to each part a, a of the garment may be bands or ribbons 5 whereby each part can be independently tied around the waist of the wearer. Of course, any other means may be provided for fastening the parts in position.

Owing to the two parts a, a being stitched together only near the bottom of the garment, the wearer is enabled to put on the garment by stepping into it (see Fig. 5) instead Of having to pull it over her head, which latter method is objectionable for the reason that it upsets the coiffure and for hygienic reasons during the period of preg nancy.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A ladys skirt, bifurcated transversely, whereby are formed a front section and a back section, these being united only near the bottom of the skirt, thereby permitting the wearer of the garment to put it on by stepping into it; the meeting edges of the In testimony whereof I afiix my signature two sections from the points where they are in'presence of two Witnesses. united near the bottom of the skirt to the Waistband, being shaped so as to overlap, ALBERT MALSIN. under all conditions of wearing, and each Witnesses;

section being provided with body-encircling, J. D. JUNIOR,

securing means at the Waist line. MAX D. ORDMANN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained tor five oents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents.

Washington, D. 6. 

